talking to our sources, people who are in the room with him. there s no evidence to suggest that he has mentally in any way diminished. i think that his public performances have underscored that, but he is running to be reelected to another four-year term, the end of which you would be at 6-years-old. so it s also very much a legitimate issue, but again, it s the substance i think where biden was very strong territory in these speeches, drawing this contrast with donald trump as someone who is not only an isolation is to a certain extent, and his views, but actually has an admirer of vladimir putin yeah, to that point, susan, the white house in our reporting was was very well aware of parallels to ronald reagan s 1984 address at the same site where president biden spoke today. reagan s of course, was the 40th d-day anniversary and it came during a moment where his approach to the cold war was in
much, melissa. thanks to your team as well. and president biden drew over it parallels between that fateful day, 80 years ago and what he says that they are trying to achieve what he called the imperative of american and allied leadership against different dark forces today the struggle between a dictatorship in freedom is unending here in europe we see one stark example ukraine has been invaded by tyrant. than on domination. ukrainians are fighting with extraordinary courage. the united states and nato and a coalition of more than 50 countries standing strong with ukraine we will not walk away i want to welcome mike, great panelists. seung min kim of the associated press, zola and kano young s of the new york times. laura barron-lopez, epa, pbs
support, as they also spent time with the labour leader sir keir starmer. it was, though, with the king and the queen whom they seem to share the most. it was intimate and emotional, knowing that this small group of d day veterans is unlikely to be back here for a major commemoration. their stories have been told. it is now down to us to make sure they re not forgotten. daniela relph, bbc news, ver sur mer, in normandy. president biden drew comparisons between the war in ukraine and the fight forfreedom on the beaches in normandy during world war ii. he was speaking at an international event attended by world leaders including ukraine s president zelensky. but unlike 10 years ago at the 70th commemorations russian president vladimir putin was not invited. our europe editor katya adler has been watching as world leaders remember.
influence abroad and ukraine has ex potioned the weaknesses of the russian military. xi has remained unmoved. china talked about supporting russia. maybe with weapons, maybe with money in the war against ukraine. do you think it changes at all? look, it may actually heighten the risk that beijing treads on the red line that president biden drew clearly more than once but starting right after the invasion of ukraine in february of last year. president biden said to xi jinping in a phone call that he would have to sanction china s economy if china provides what he terms lethal support. we ve seen china treading close to that red line providing things like semi conductor chips that go into deadly missiles and other munitionesque used on ukrainian troops and civilians and providing gun powder as
congresswoman knows, as president, you never finish the job. there is a continuum. the matters that biden has to deal with, he got it started in his presidency, ukraine, but as we know, it goes way, way back. there s the inflation problem, there s the virus problem, and so forth. so he has a much larger agenda. he knows that. all of you know that. and yes, this was a great performance, sensational performance. and it s not going to be remembered, unfortunately, because we go on to the matters that he s going to be confronted with. well, let s take a look. president biden drew attention to a republican plan to put government programs like medicare and social security on the chopping block every five years. watch. some republicans want medicare and social security